Ethereum News. March 14, 2026
POAP to enter maintenance mode on March 16, 2026, halting operations
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POAP is going into maintenance mode as of March 16th.
Existing issuers will continue to have access to POAP platform tools as usual, but new issuers will no longer be able to access the platform.
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7:50 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 200K Views
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Vitalik shared the Ethereum Foundation’s Mandate, emphasizing Ethereum as a sanctuary technological object for CROPS (censorship and capture resistance, open source, privacy, security)
vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin
This is the new EF Mandate.
For many of you, the contents should be no surprise, and a clarification along the lines that we have been going and thinking for the past few months. But the clarification is nevertheless worth making.
Ethereum is a unique object and has a unique
Ethereum Foundation @ethereumfndn
Today, the Foundation’s Board released the EF Mandate.
This document, which was first intended for EF members, reaffirms the promise of Ethereum, and the role of EF within this ecosystem.
2:52 PM · Mar 13, 2026 · 152K Views
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BlackRock’s staked ETH ETF ETHB recorded $15.5M day-one trading volume.
James Seyffart@JSeyff
Vast majority of the trading is done and we are at $15.5 million in trading volume for the BlackRock staked Ethereum ETF -- $ETHB. Very very solid for a day 1 ETF launch
James Seyffart @JSeyff
BlackRock's Staked Ether ETF -- $ETHB -- launched with just over $100 mln in assets. Through ~2pm eastern it has traded about $11.1 mln. Pretty good start for any ETF.
9:17 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 148K Views
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CoW swap addressed the $50M Aave swap incident and said it’ll refund all fees sent to CoW DAO
CoW DAO@CoWSwap
Statement from CoW Protocol:
Earlier today, a trader attempted to swap 50M aEthUSDT for aEthAAVE through Aave's swap interface, which is powered by CoW Protocol. Despite clear warnings that showed the user they would lose nearly all of the value of their transaction, and despite
CoW DAO @CoWSwap
Hey everyone — we’re aware of the large swap transaction circulating on X.
Based on what we’ve seen so far, there’s no indication of a protocol exploit or otherwise malicious behavior. The transaction executed according to the parameters of the signed order.
Our interface shows
1:21 AM · Mar 13, 2026 · 100K Views
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Ethereum Foundation published EF Mandate to guide network stewardship.
Ethereum Foundation@ethereumfndn
Today, the Foundation’s Board released the EF Mandate.
This document, which was first intended for EF members, reaffirms the promise of Ethereum, and the role of EF within this ecosystem.
2:16 PM · Mar 13, 2026 · 736K Views
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Spire Labs announced that Pylon now supports full synchronous composability, allowing appchains to perform synchronous reads and writes across layers in a single transaction.
Spire🗼@Spire_Labs
https://t.co/AqlXqX14oD
4:33 PM · Mar 10, 2026 · 12.7K Views
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Aave V4 on mainnet is close
Stani.eth@StaniKulechov
Aave V4 is almost here 🚀
Emilio^ @The3D_
The V4 activation proposal is public. We are finally at the finish line 🔥🔥
https://t.co/PAAuKGSGtq
6:56 PM · Mar 13, 2026 · 15.2K Views
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